Academic Program

A focused approach to computational neuroscience and cognitive science

The BCS Fellows in Computation program provides talented junior scientists with the opportunity to develop a research program in computation without financial constraints or concurrent demands of teaching.

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BCS Fellows in Computation

BCS Fellows in Computation

At MIT’s Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, we believe that a computational approach to the study of neuroscience and cognitive science is fundamental to the future growth of our field. To help foster this growth, we have developed the BCS Fellows in Computation. This two year program offers postdoctoral candidates the opportunity to explore the breadth of computationally related neuroscience and cognitive science research at the department. Each Fellow is an independent researcher with the ability to follow his or her own research interests. We strongly encourage cross-laboratory collaboration.

Fellows will be provided with resources to carry out research in computation, including access to high-performance computing clusters. Opportunities will exist for fellows to gain teaching experience if they desire, but there is no requirement or expectation that they will teach. It is expected that Fellows will have obtained their PhD from outside of MIT’s Brain and Cognitive Sciences department and that they will enter with strong prior quantitative training (e.g. in math, engineering, computer science, physics etc.).